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Last night I had to pick up our new car. I’m not a great driver at the best of times. I’m particularly bad when I’m getting used to a different car. And apparently I’m exceptionally bad when I’ve been driving an automatic car for a year and I have to switch back to manual. read more…

When we’re trying to work out what to do with our lives, we tend to focus on what we like doing and on what we want to achieve. Sometimes we also consider how we might go about doing those things. read more…

A couple of years ago, I got a text reminding me to go to a doctor’s appointment that I hadn’t booked. I was explaining this to the receptionist on the phone when my dad signalled to me that I should leave it and hang up. read more…

Back in the summer, I was having a bit of a crisis about how I always seem to be busy doing lots of things but I never actually seem to make any forward progress. So my girlfriend and I settled in for an evening of life-sorting and goal-setting. read more…

At school, it’s drummed into us that it’s good to be ambitious and to work hard. As a society, we value the achievers – Olympians, billionaires, and entrepreneurs. We admire the people who become ‘the best’. read more…

A couple of years ago, I started reading about the paleo diet (eating only food that occurs naturally, like meat and vegetables). The big plus about paleo seemed to be how much better everyone felt once they’d switched to eating more natural kinds of foods. read more…

Have you ever had a conversation in which you’ve agreed 100% with everything the other person said? I don’t think I have, at least not any full on conversations that lasted longer than ten minutes.

Even when you talk to your best friend, if you have one, I bet there are times when you’re just like ‘what the heck?’ There you were, chatting away, agreeing with everything they were saying, thinking ‘we’re so in sync’, and then WHAM. It’s like ‘who is this person and what on earth made them think that?!’ read more…

Another interview! This time I’ve interviewed Rose Mather. Rose is yet another linguist who has found that travelling and learning languages have helped her to build up her confidence. Read on to find out how she’s done it and what her take on shyness and introversion is. read more…